Episode 7 - Flutter Entertainment and Fairtrade

Peter Jackson and Michael Gidney join James Ashton to discuss digital transformation, personal development, empowering their people and switching from non-executive to CEO of the same organisation.


Peter Jackson is the chief executive of Flutter Entertainment, the newly renamed FTSE 100 gaming company whose trading brands including Paddy Power, Betfair and Fanduel. The group employs 8,000 people in 16 offices around the world and last year handled 3bn punters’ transactions.


As tougher regulation bites at home, Jackson is pursuing expansion overseas, namely trying to build a winning position in the US where sports betting is being legalised.


Earlier in his career he worked in consumer banking at HBOS and Lloyds, led foreign exchange company Travelex and Worldpay UK, the payment processing firm.


Michael Gidney is chief executive of the Fairtrade Foundation, the UK arm of a global movement that fights poverty by promoting better terms of trade for 1.7m farmers around the globe.


Its blue and green logo is a familiar sight on supermarket shelves, certifying 4,500 product lines including bananas, coffee, flowers and tea.


In recent years some partners such as Sainsburys and chocolate maker Mondelez have developed their own ethical certification schemes, forcing Fairtrade to rethink its approach.


Gidney joined the staff as deputy chief executive in 2009 and was made chief executive in 2012.

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